Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

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WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Our Guiding Principles

• Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve.
• Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery.
• Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do.
• Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.

Position Summary

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist provides advanced, patient-centered clinical pharmacy services with a focus on medication optimization, disease state management, specialty pharmacy practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This role practices at the top of licensure under statewide protocols and WellPower Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs), while supporting clinical innovation, program development, and improved patient outcomes. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist serves as a subject matter expert in clinical pharmacy practice and provides comprehensive medication management services for behavioral health conditions, substance use disorders, diabetes, metabolic disorders, ambulatory care, infectious disease prevention and treatment, population health, and other chronic disease states consistent with organizational programs, practitioner competency, and scope of practice. The position provides support to current and future initiatives as outlined by pharmacy and WellPower leadership.

Compensation & Benefits

• $119,00 - $180,000
• For complete overview of our robust Benefits: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/
• Please note Salary will be adjusted at the start of the new year.

The posted range represents the full hiring range. Offers will not exceed this range, the majority of candidates are placed near the midpoint based on experience and qualifications.

Job Duties & Functions

• Advanced Clinical Care & Consultation
• Design and optimize individualized pharmacotherapy plans
• Conduct complex clinical consultations within area(s) of specialty practice.
• Identify and mitigate medication-related risks, including drug interactions and adverse events, and barriers to adherence.
• Provide timely, evidence-based drug information to providers and interdisciplinary teams
• Document clinical recommendations, interventions, and patient outcomes
• Provide pharmacist-delivered, protocol-driven clinical services under Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs), including initiating, modifying, and monitoring therapy as authorized.
• Assess, initiate, monitor, and optimize medication regimens and c

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• Maintain competency in specialty practice areas and applicable clinical certifications.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements & Qualifications

Education & Licensure

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree required.
• Advanced clinical training through residency, board certification, certificate programs, diabetes education training, or equivalent clinical experience preferred.

Preferred Certifications (Specialty-Specific)

One or more of the following preferred

• Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP)
• Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP)
• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)
• Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
• Other specialty certification relevant to assigned clinical practice area

Experience

• LICENSURE: Colorado Pharmacist license in good standing.

Physical Requirements: TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. Position requires manual dexterity to operate standard office machines, such as computers, fax machines, calculators, telephone, and other office and/or clerical equipment.

Learn more about WellPower

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice